Buckingham Primary School
Buckingham Road, Hampton, TW12 3LT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Caroline Boyle
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Twickenham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 377
- URN
- 102904
- Local authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02089412548
About this school
Buckingham Primary School is a community primary school in Hampton. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 377 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 79 | 76 | 70 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 62% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 5% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 75% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 71% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 75% | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Buckingham Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Richmond upon Thames average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48% | 70.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 72.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 72.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 519 |
| 2023/24 | 475 |
| 2024/25 | 409 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Buckingham Primary School compares
Buckingham Primary School ranked 37th of 38 primary schools in Richmond upon Thames for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57% | 6.8% | 38.9% | 377 | — |
| St Richard's Church of England Primary School | 50% | 7.3% | 45.1% | 207 | 0.5 miles |
| Hampton Infant School and Nursery | — | 4.3% | 10.7% | 372 | 0.6 miles |
| Carlisle Infant School | — | 5% | 11.1% | 212 | 0.6 miles |
| Hampton Hill Junior School | 81% | 6.2% | 20.4% | 306 | 0.7 miles |
| Hampton Junior School | 77% | 3.9% | 15.9% | 474 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.93%
- English as an additional language
- 48.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.8%
- Persistent absence
- 20.94%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Richard's Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Hanworth
-
Hampton Infant School and Nursery0.6 miles
Primary · Hampton
-
Carlisle Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Hampton
-
Hampton Hill Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Hampton
-
Hampton Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Hampton
Other schools in Hampton
- Carlisle Infant School Primary
- Hampton Hill Junior School Primary
- Hampton Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Hampton Junior School Primary
- St Mary's Hampton Church of England Primary Primary
- Hampton High Secondary
- Hampton School Independent schools
- Jack and Jill School Independent schools
- Lady Eleanor Holles School Independent schools
- Twickenham Preparatory School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Buckingham Primary School teach?
- Buckingham Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Hampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Buckingham Primary School?
- The headteacher of Buckingham Primary School is Ms Caroline Boyle, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Buckingham Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Buckingham Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Buckingham Primary School?
- Buckingham Primary School has 377 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Buckingham Primary School full?
- Buckingham Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 377 on roll (60%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Buckingham Primary School a faith school?
- No. Buckingham Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Buckingham Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Buckingham Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Buckingham Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 48% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Buckingham Primary School rank locally?
- Buckingham Primary School ranked 37th of 38 primary schools in Richmond upon Thames for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Buckingham Primary School's absence rate?
- Buckingham Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Buckingham Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Buckingham Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.